This holiday shopping season may turn out to be better than expected for Michigan retailers.

With temperatures approaching the 60’s, it may not feel like Christmas, but that’s apparently not stopping holiday shoppers.

Tom Scott, with the Michigan Retailers Association, says preliminary credit card data suggests holiday spending is up about 5% or more over last year, which is much higher than Michigan retailers were expecting.

Scott credits the weather, which has been much better than in recent years.